Balearic regional election, 2015

Balearic regional election, 2015

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All 59 seats in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands 30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	766,383 5.5%
Turnout	437,838 (57.1%) 1.7 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Ramón Bauzà Francina Armengol Alberto Jarabo Party PP PSIB–PSOE Podemos/Podem Leader since 11 September 2009 26 February 2012 14 February 2015 Leader's seat Majorca Majorca Majorca Last election 35 seats, 46.7% 19 seats, 24.9% Did not contest Seats won 20 15 10 Seat change 15 4 10 Popular vote 123,183 83,804 63,489 Percentage 28.5% 19.4% 14.7% Swing 18.2 pp 5.5 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gabriel Barceló Jaume Font Xavier Pericay Party Més PI C's Leader since 27 May 2006 2 November 2012 13 April 2015 Leader's seat Majorca Majorca Majorca Last election 5 seats, 9.5% 0 seats, 6.0% 0 seats, 0.3% Seats won 9 3 2 Seat change 4 3 2 Popular vote 66,199 34,237 27,589 Percentage 15.3% 7.9% 6.4% Swing 5.8 pp 1.9 pp 6.1 pp
Constituency results map for the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
President before election José Ramón Bauzà PP Elected President Francina Armengol PSIB–PSOE

José Ramón Bauzà
PP

Francina Armengol
PSIB–PSOE

The 2015 Balearic regional election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

All in all, the election resulted in the loss of the parliamentary majority by the People's Party (PP), together with its worst election ever in the islands. The Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB–PSOE) also saw losses, but could form a coalition government led by socialist Francina Armengol together with Més per Mallorca (Més), obtaining confidence and supply support from Podemos. It was the first time that parties from the left had a majority of seats in the Balearic parliament, with previous PSOE-led governments having required the support of centrist Majorcan Union to rule in 1999 and 2007. Opposition, aside from PP, was formed by Proposta per les Illes (El PI) and Citizens (C's), both obtaining their whole representation in Majorca, but being close to winning seats in Ibiza and Menorca, respectively—in the latter, Ciutadella de Menorca People's Union represented the C's Menorcan branch.